I focused on the top black band, let my eyes blur and willed myself to see it as black, after about 30 seconds the dress popped from white and gold to blue and black. Now I have no problem seeing it as blue and black. Interesting to say the least!

Good to know. And not surprising. After I typed it yesterday I meant to go back and edit my comment about hobo spiders, which while I know are now established, don't actually seem to boast all the morbidity stats that the fuss would suggest. Regretfully now thanks to several national hardware chains selling "Hobo…

We're in Northern California too. :) I remember the first wave of Brown recluse panic in the early 80s and was utterly convinced for decades I'd found them under the house, my bed, in the barn at a friends etc...The problem is we do have some recluse relatives that look a LOT like recluse and are in fact sometimes…

Yep, no brown recluse populations. There are small areas where desert dwelling harmless relive are indigenous.There are actually small pockets of a relative that I believe is a transplant from South America whose venom is purportedly more virulent located in rural Southern California. Apparently they are and have been…

I have tried to edit whatever my computer did to that last reply, but it is not letting me. Apologies if it induced and headaches

Oh, I have no intention of cuddling one, but they are simply not the uber killers running amok in California the media tried to sell them as. Probably not a threat at all. Most images plastered up by the media in California are not even a recluse meaning no one even bothers to find an accurate picture of one so people…

Hobo spiders are a problem across the PNW now. But the mighty brown recluse is actually reclusive and not likely to be encountered in Cali no matter how much the news tried to insist it is. "Deadly Spider Bite!" headlines get more reads than "Nasty Staph Infection" or "Whee! More MRSA!" ones ever will. Additionally…

Don't do this. I did once. She said yes. But only at the really high potency which means the lowest "concentration". Apparently, if less really is more, homeopathy is all that an a bag o' Toxin laden chips. I REALLY feel badly for my physician husband who has to deal with this mentality all flipping day long. He says…

Nothing to do with the meat or science of the article, just an excuse to post this picture

There was no fucking way the snake was going to eat him unless essentially force fed. And no way the snake was under any impression that he was food. Pretty sure that he was about as appealing to that anaconda to swallow as a chocolate frosted cheese grater would be for a human to swallow whole. And I'd be far more…

People who use "weary" where they mean "wary". I am tired of this mistake...

Ahh, nonononono!! now I have the hell-earworm monchichies theme stuck in my head. Where's an icepick when you really need one?

That's a gravid female, full of eggs. They are a lot sleeker when not stuffed full of the next generation.

Living in one of the harder hit drought Counties in California I can just say if you are going to hate over water waste, then why not do this over a planter? Or how about take one less shower a week? Or just shorten your daily ones? A lot more than 5 gallons is wasted by many households in a day, everyday. And yep,…

They have a further trick if truly stressed and this is not working. They can ooze blood down the length of their body. Hoggies do commit.

I have the little bastards. I can drink all the soda I want (but generally don't) and coffee I'm fine with, While my stones do contain Calcium, the catalyst for me is oxalates. So no more tea or kale for me. Guess which one I miss more? ( and, no, herbal "tea" is not an adequate substitute)

I assume it's muzzle/jaw to skull ratio. But it's certainly not phrased clearly.

As part of an abnormal psych class I took we were randomly assigned to various grad student studies. I was placed in a study that was designed to study reflexive learning based on certain visual cues. basically hitting the right button if the right image was flashed. We were tested every 2 weeks. after the first 2…

Not sure if I would blame AP English courses across the board. Mine was indeed horrible however.

For what it's worth, tramadol is a good moderate narcotic with a long long track record of effectiveness in people and pets.